Comments on: NYS THIRD (But It’s Not A Good Thing) http://www.rocbike.com/2009/04/30/nys-third-but-its-not-a-good-thing/ Nothing To Lose But Our Chains! Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:38:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gary Young http://www.rocbike.com/2009/04/30/nys-third-but-its-not-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-31056 Gary Young Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:46:47 +0000 http://www.rocbike.com/?p=2602#comment-31056 If you look at the number of fatalities per million population, NY ranks about 12th: http://media.tbo.com/tbo/pdfs/042909bicyclists.PDF Even then, the figure doesn't reflect differences in the number of cyclists in each state. For instance, Oregon has more fatalities per million population than New York. I'd be surprised if that wasn't partly the result of the large number of cyclists in places like Portland. In other words, taken by itself this figure doesn't tell you much. It would probably be useful for year-to-year comparisons. Nationwide, bicyclist fatalities went down from 772 in 2006 to 698 in 2007. Sounds like good news to me (if it's not a fluke). If you look at the number of fatalities per million population, NY ranks about 12th:

http://media.tbo.com/tbo/pdfs/042909bicyclists.PDF

Even then, the figure doesn’t reflect differences in the number of cyclists in each state. For instance, Oregon has more fatalities per million population than New York. I’d be surprised if that wasn’t partly the result of the large number of cyclists in places like Portland.

In other words, taken by itself this figure doesn’t tell you much. It would probably be useful for year-to-year comparisons. Nationwide, bicyclist fatalities went down from 772 in 2006 to 698 in 2007. Sounds like good news to me (if it’s not a fluke).

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